Tung’s second gold at the World Games
Nguyen Thanh Tung pocketed a second gold medal for Vietnam on August 4 at the World Games in Cali, Colombia.
Tung successfully triumphed in the men’s taijijian, an event of wushu which originated in China, with 19.43 points. The two runners-up were Lee Yang from Malaysia and Lu Rufei of China.
His teammate Duong Thuy Vi pocketed a silver in the women’s qiangshu event, and Nguyen Manh Quyen was runner-up in the men’s daoshu discipline.
Earlier, Vietnam went out in a blaze of glory in the mixed doubles event of the aerobics.
Tran Thu Ha and Vu Ba Dong entered the final together with France, Spain, and Romania with only 20.450 points, lowest among the finalists. While title favourites China and Russia were surprisingly eliminated from the qualifier.
In the finals, all four pairs shared the same points of 20.450 and became the champions- the first occurrence in World history.
Vietnam’s first medal went to karate martial artist Nguyen Hoang Ngan who won a silver in the individual kata (performance) event.
Vietnam claimed two golds and three silvers at the Games, which closed on August 4.
The next Games, which is an international multi-sport event organised every four years, will take place in Wroclaw, Poland in 2017.